Harris to hit out at Trump over Arizona abortion ban during visit to state: ‘This is what a second Trump term looks like’

Vice-president Kamala Harris is set to hit out at Donald Trump over the recent Arizona abortion ban based on Civil War-era legislation in a visit to the state on Friday.

The Biden campaign has recently released statements blaming the former president for “ripping away fundamental rights” when Roe v Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2022.

Ms Harris, who has been at the forefront of leading the reaction towards the overturning of Roe v Wade and abortion rights, is now slated to speak on the recent Arizona abortion ban in Tuscon and will condemn Mr Trump.

“We all must understand who is to blame: It is the former president, Donald Trump,” Ms Harris will say before a crowd of reproductive health patients and providers, according to excerpts from a campaign official seen by Reuters.

“Here’s what a second Trump term looks like: more bans, more suffering, less freedom. But we are not going to let that happen,” the vice-president will add.

Arizona’s Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban in the state on Tuesday, a ban that rests on a law from 158 years ago.

Political strategists have prophesied that this recent ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court may affect citizens’ voting, suggesting that even Republican-leaning moderate voters could swing towards Democrats on the ballot.

Ms Harris already visited Arizona’s capital, Phoenix, last month in a “Fight for Reproduction Freedoms” tour in which she called in on 20 different states, including visiting a health clinic that offers abortion services in Minnesota, the first sitting vice-president believed to ever do so.

The Biden campaign also released a video a day before the Arizona ban depicting a Texas woman speaking out about how she almost died after she was